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Kerin

Kerin is a unisex given name: about 16% of people named Kerin are men and 84% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleMedium
Male 16%Female 84%
Verdict
Mostly female
Male / female split
16% male / 84% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
252 male / 1,318 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Kerin

To address Kerin when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Kerin," in English, "Guten Tag Kerin," in German. About 16% of people named Kerin are men and 84% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Kerin,

German

Guten Tag Kerin,

French

Bonjour Kerin,

Spanish

Estimado/a Kerin:

Chinese

Kerin您好：

Japanese

Kerin様

English

Hi Kerin,

German

Hi Kerin,

French

Salut Kerin,

Spanish

Hola Kerin,

Chinese

Kerin你好：

Japanese

Kerinさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Kerin by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesuncommonwoman's name16%

United States birth data

252 male · 1,318 female · 1,570 births recorded

Male 16%Female 84%

Since 1980: 16% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Kerin a male or female name?

Kerin is a unisex given name: about 16% of people named Kerin are men and 84% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Kerin in an email?

To address Kerin when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Kerin," in English, "Guten Tag Kerin," in German. About 16% of people named Kerin are men and 84% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Kerin a unisex name?

Kerin is not a unisex name: 16% of people named Kerin are men. Kerin leans strongly female overall.

Related names

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Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Kerin a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/kerin (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_kerin,
  title  = {Is Kerin a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/kerin},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}